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McCombs v. Synthes USA

A warning on the package insert for a defective plate device was adequate and reasonable under the circumstances where the plate device failed in the exact manner encompassed by the warning.

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In McCombs v. Synthes U.S.A. , 277 Ga. 252 587 SE2d 594 2003, the Supreme Court reversed Division 1 of McCombs v. Synthes U.S.A. , 250 Ga. App. 543, 545 553 SE2d 17 2001, in which we found that McCombs had not argued that the learned intermediary rule did not apply or should be expanded below and, therefore, the trial court’s ruling granting summary judgment on that ground was correct. Division 1 of our opinion is hereby vacated and the opinion of the Supreme Court made the opinion of this Court. As directed therein, we consider McCombs’s argument made here that there remained a jury question as to the adequacy of the warning given to her surgeon by Synthes U.S.A., although, as acknowledged in McCombs v. Synthes U.S.A. , 277 Ga. at 254, “in response to the summary judgment motion, McCombs did not contend that the warning to her doctor inadequately conveyed the dangers associated with the use of the plate.”

The warning included in the package insert with the Synthes plate is set out in McCombs v. Synthes U.S.A. , 250 Ga. App. at 544, including the phrase “these devices can break when subjected to the increased loading associated with delayed union or nonunion.” This is what occurred in McCombs’s situation.

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